Acts2 Network

Acts2 Network is a network of ministries primarily operating on college campuses in the US.^[1] The headquarters is located in Bay Area, California. The network's mission statement is "Launching lifelong kingdom workers from every college town."^[2]

Acts2 Network
Address	1275 Harbor Bay Pkwy, Alameda, CA 94502
Country	United States
Denomination	Southern Baptist
Associations	Southern Baptist Convention North American Mission Board SEND Network
Membership	1600
Website	acts2.network
History
Founded	1981 (1981)
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)	Ed Kang

Acts2 Network has 1600+ members, each of which engage in covocational ministry. Each member works a day job but also engages in ministry outside of their working hours.^[3] In addition, members who join the network agree to a published Way of Life, a set of 15 principles, which guide spiritual and community life for its members.^[4]

History

In 1981, Paul and Rebekah Kim founded Berkland Baptist Church (BBC) in the border of Berkeley, California and Oakland, California, hence the name Berkland. They started a college ministry on the campus of UC Berkeley focusing on Korean Americans and later, Asian Americans.^[5] Then, they started to plant BBC churches around the world and ended up moving to pastor the BBC Boston church. Ed and Kelly Kang took over the BBC Berkeley church and in 2006 split off from BBC, re-titling their church as Gracepoint.^[6]

In 2023, Gracepoint changed their name to Acts2 Network. Their headquarters are in Alameda, California.^[2]

The church has been the subject of investigations. Journalists have documented a variety of harms, including couples forced to break up, shaming, computer usage monitoring, and overworked covocational staff members.^[6][7][8]